k̂onkho-

    k̂onkho-

    English meaning: clamshell

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Muschel”?

    Material: O.Ind. śaŋkhá- m. “Muschel, Schläfe”; Gk. κόγχος, κόγχη “Muschel, measure of capacity “; κόχλος, κοχλίας “Muschel, Schneckenhaus, snail”, maybe from *κογχλ-; Lat. congius “ measure of capacity for Flũssigkeiten” is höchstwahrscheinlich Gk. Lw.; doubtful Ltv. sence “Muschel”, da zence die richtigere form seems.

    References: WP. I 461 f., WH. I 260, J. B. Hofmann Gk. etym. Wb. 151.